{"id":1457,"date":"2018-05-22T12:10:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T16:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=1457"},"modified":"2018-05-09T21:13:41","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T01:13:41","slug":"graphic-novel-review-hellboy-in-hell-library-edition-by-mike-mignola-art-by-mike-mignola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=1457","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Novel Review: Hellboy in Hell, Library Edition by Mike Mignola, art by Mike Mignola"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hellboy in Hell, Library Edition\u00a0<\/em>by Mike Mignola, art by Mike Mignola<\/p>\n

Dark Horse, 2017<\/p>\n

ISBN-13:\u00a0978-1-50670-363-3<\/p>\n

Available: Hardcover<\/p>\n

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Hellboy in Hell, Library Edition\u00a0<\/em>contains storylines originally collected in the trade paperbacks\u00a0The Descent\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Death Card,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0takes place after\u00a0The Storm and the Fury.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0In the opening chapter, we witness Hellboy\u2019s liberation from an abyss by Sir Edward Gray, followed by a battle with a demon he once defeated, and a Dickensian introduction to Hellboy\u2019s journey through Hell. It is the perfect beginning to the end. We witness Hellboy\u2019s travels: Pandemonium denying his birthright and throne; the creation of his immobile army by the Fisher of Souls (who tells him \u201cthere is only one object that can breathe life into that army\u2014your own right hand\u201d p. 49); the birth of Hellboy; uncomfortable family reunions; a battle for the unwanted throne; facing old enemies thought long gone; and, ultimately, fulfilling his destiny to destroy Pandemonium. Shakespeare and Dickens references are scattered throughout, which really helps solidify what is happening at certain points in the story.<\/p>\n

Mignola\u2019s art is superb, as usual. The atmosphere and feeling of each chapter, with shadows and oppressive environments, set the tone for the overall book, even when there are brightly rendered scenes such as in Chapter 7, \u201cThe Trials of Dr. Hoffman\u201d.<\/p>\n

Looking at other reviews for this book, it seems that the consensus is clear: it\u2019s sad to see the end of such a remarkable character, but what a graceful ending it is. I could not think of a better send-off for Hellboy. It still feels too soon for his saga to be over, but there is so much more to the character revealed in this last tome. I can\u2019t go beyond that, lest I spoil the book for potential readers.<\/p>\n

Additionally, this volume contains \u201cThe Magician and the Snake,\u201d by Katie Mignola (age 7) and Mike Mignola (\u201cmuch, much older\u201d) and \u201cThe Exorcist of Vorsk: A puppet story told in Hell\u201d by Todd and Mike Mignola. The first story in particular is moving in its storytelling simplicity. Also included is Mignola\u2019s sketchbook material. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n

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Reviewed by Lizzy Walker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Hellboy in Hell, Library Edition\u00a0by Mike Mignola, art by Mike Mignola Dark Horse, 2017 ISBN-13:\u00a0978-1-50670-363-3 Available: Hardcover   Hellboy in Hell, Library Edition\u00a0contains storylines originally collected in the trade paperbacks\u00a0The Descent\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0The Death Card,\u00a0and\u00a0takes place after\u00a0The Storm and the Fury.\u00a0\u00a0In the opening chapter, we witness Hellboy\u2019s liberation from an abyss by Sir Edward Gray, followed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[110,76],"tags":[266,267,268],"class_list":["post-1457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-angelsdemons","category-graphic-novels","tag-dark-horse-comics","tag-hellboy","tag-mike-mignola"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Eu9f-nv","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1458,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457\/revisions\/1458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}